Our story

A story of research, passion and continuous improvement.

Always with farmers

Our story begins in Italy. For over 75 years, we have been working with farmers to help them face the challenges of their job. We are committed to the production and marketing of chemical intermediates, pesticides, biologicals, biostimulants, plant growth regulators, fertilisers and seeds: we are integrating both the expertise in synthesis of active ingredients and the capabilities in formulation and registration of finished products.

Emilio Gagliardini - Founder

Baldo Ciocca, Founder

Giovanni Ciocca, Sergio Gagliardini, Giorgio Gagliardini e Paolo Ciocca - Shareholders

Since 1946, the year in which Emilio Gagliardini and Professor Baldo Ciocca founded Sipcam, as a company specialising in the production and marketing of chemical products for agriculture, our approach has always been inspired by the value of responsibility. We support the agricultural production with solutions that respect the land, the people who cultivate it, and the consumers

In 1970, Giorgio Gagliardini took over from his father, Emilio, and founded Oxon with the aim of developing and synthesize active ingredients.

In 2018, Sipcam and Oxon became a single company led by the new generation of the Gagliardini and Ciocca families.

One of the strengths of Sipcam: the ability to produce various components of the machinery used in the plant on its own

A team of workers observes what happens inside the machinery, modern and advanced for the time. The workers approach innovation

The packaging and shipping phases of the products were also carried out by careful and qualified workers

The enthusiasm and team spirit of the workers was also enhanced by the desire for a resurgence of post-war Italy

Relationship with Japanese R&D

The relationship with Japanese industry has always been synonymous of innovation and reliability for us. This is both because the collaboration with the main Japanese research & development companies has allowed us to diversify and add even more value to our product portfolio, and because their business philosophy is in line with our culture of mutual respect and deep trust.

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Since 1946, we have been proud to stand by farmers all over the world with our work, which we do with a great deal of expertise, technique, passion and independence.

Nadia Gagliardini - President

Origins in Italy, future in the world

The early 1970s are the turning point: the internationalization process begins in European countries, and western and eastern markets, thanks to the development of factories, sales offices and joint ventures. Even today, in order to seize the opportunities offered by the market, we promote partnerships and collaborations with companies and stakeholders, both locally and internationally.

Cultivating the future for over 75 years

Passionate and independent for over three generations, since our birth we have supported the world of agriculture through continuous innovation, commitment and responsibility.

THE FOUNDATION

Emilio Gagliardini and Baldo Ciocca form SIPCAM with the aim to create an innovative and highly technical agrochemical company for the agriculture market in Italy.

WE LOOK TO THE EAST

Relationship with Japan begins. In 1969 in cooperation with Nippon Soda company distributes an innovative benzimidazole fungicide, Enovit, based on thiofanate, which obtains the first authorisation "in accordance with the law", according to Presidential Decree No. 255 of 3 August 1968. To this product, distributed by SIPCAM, is in fact assigned the number 00001, dated 14 April 1970.

OXON IS BORN

The production plant in Mezzana Bigli, in the Province of Pavia, is built on a total area of 50 hectares. To boost the development of the company Giorgio Gagliardini created Oxon to back integrate the synthesis of the active ingredients with very skilled management.

THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA

These are crucial years of change: an era of development into international markets opens.

In 1972, the new Salerano sul Lambro facility is inaugurated, with modern formulation plants based on new technologies and a research centre with high potential. The project also includes new residue formulation and analysis laboratories, and an area to be used for field and greenhouse experimentation. An extremely ambitious and wide-ranging project.

NEW FORMULATION PLANTS

The inauguration of a new plant in Sueca, with the acquisition of the Spanish company Inagra,

leads to the production of new, more modern formulations derived from older molecules. Operations also begin in Brazil.

GROWTH CONTINUES: A FOOTPRINT IN CHINA

SipcamOxon SpA acquires minor shares in Sulichem and Bailly, two Chinese chemical manufacturers.

EXPANSION IN SEED AND FERTILIZERS

Agroqualità, a Sipcam Division dedicated to fertilisers, begins to exclusively distribute the Asgrow branded range of soybean seeds.

Sipcam SpA acquires the Monsanto production site in Lodi, for the selection, storage and processing of seeds. An acquisition that strengthens the role of the Agroquality Division, which starts to sell both seeds and fertilizers under the Sipcam brand in 2014.

PARTNERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS

Sipcam Oxon has established alliances in the European countries and in Australia with Sumitomo Corporation and with Nihon Noyaku, and a JV with Nihon Noyaku in Brazil to expand the distribution platforms.

AN IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY

We celebrate the 70 years and an era of achievements and evolutions, which from the very beginning have inspired its current profile: the leading agrochemical company with entirely Italian capital and international scope.

SIPCAM OXON

From the merge of Sipcam and Oxon, Sipcam Oxon is born. A company that has in its DNA the principles of trust, strength, and independence, typical of a family business, supported and enhanced by managerial figureheads with great professional skills.

BIOSTIMULANTS PLANT IN AUSTRALIA

After the acquisition of the Swiss company Sofbey which ensured Sipcam Oxon's entrance into the biostimulant market, a new plant is built in Adelaide (Australia).